Big Boy

Today was Tyler's 4-year old check up. As I watched them do all types of things they've never done at any previous check up, it struck me: He really is a big boy now. He had his first hearing test, which he thought was so cool that only he got to wear the headphones and not Gavin or Mommy. He had his first vision test and he giggled through every letter he read. When he was told to cover one eye and read the letters, he couldn't help but peek. He got all his colors right (I'm guessing that was a mini colorblind test?) and he remains in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. It was such a great appointment and he really sensed that he was growing up with all these new things. He didn't even flinch when they pricked his finger for a blood test and put some needle thing in his arm for a TB test. But they had to go and ruin it all by giving him three shots at the very end. I had to carry my big 42 pound sobbing boy out of the Doctor's office all the way to the car.